Safety-stirrup.



S. SKLAR.

SAFETY STIRRUP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s. 1911.

Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

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SAFETY STIRRUP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8. I917.

Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

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- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

itpplibafiion filelii September 8, 1917. Serial No. 190,297.

To all whom time; cim'cem:

Be it known that: i, SAMUEL SK:LAR, cit-izen of the United States,resi'dent 6f Brooklyn, county of and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements SaretySti-rraps, of which thefollowing is a specification.

' parts hereafter described and shown "in the accompanying drawings,forming-a material part of this (ili'sclosure, and in which Figure 1 isa perspective view "showing a s'addlestirrupmadein'aecordanoewiththeinvention, 1

Fig. 2' is a side til'evational view of the same, looking from theopposite side and showing'thestirrup "open. 1 n

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental sectional view taken through its upperportion.

, Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a fragmental perspective/view of the detaching plate, and

Fig. 6 is a fragmental front elevation of the same.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 designates a strap by which the stirrupis supported, the looped end 11, of the strap being held by the;' button12, in such manner that it can be disengaged from the eye 14, aflixed onthe top 15, of the stirrup side 16, engaged by the hinge joint bolt 17with a similarly shaped side 18, the sides 16 and 18 forming together anarch in the usual manner.

The lower end ofthe element 16 is bifurcated, and has passing throughthe forked ends 19, a screw 20 or similar securing means upon which ispivoted a-leaf 21, formed with the corrugated foot-rest 22, the oppositeend having a raised stem 23, in which is rotatably mounted a roller 24,the

stem carrying the roller being receivable in a slot 25, formed in thelower =enid 26 of the side 18 :the roller beingsupported upon the solidmaterial the end of the slot.

A bent flat spring :28 is secured onthe side 18, *by the screw 29, andis engaged bellow the :footrest .22, in such manner as to turnthe samedownwardly immediately upon the release of the stem'23.

An arcuately curved plate 30, having en iarged'fiat extensions 31, atits ends carrying rollers 32, adapted to engage with the sides 16":and18, of the 'stirruplframe, and be guided by the same, is placedpartially over and beyond the foot r-est 22, and has engaged with iitanupright '33, having an open slot 34, slidahly engaged with a sleeve 37mounted ion the b01617 and held operatively between the extending guides35 and '36 by "the nut '39.

n'orinally down-ward by the spring 44, se-

cured by the-screw 45 in the side 16. g

The detent extends through a slot '46, formed in the side 18, throughwhich passes a fiXed pin 47,-the same being-engaged by air-"acutelyformed hook 48 on the lower side of the detent which is further formedwith an operating hook extension 49 by means of which it may bemanipulated, and which also acts as a limit or stop controlling theopening between the sides 16 and 18 when the detent is raised, the sidesseparating under the pressure of the coiled spring 50 encircling thebolt 17 within recesses 52 and 54 formed respectively in the sides 16and .18, the same being interlockingly engaged as shown in Figs. 3 and4.

In operation, the parts being positioned as shown in Fig. 1, the foot isplaced upon the foot-rest 22, and the stirrup used in the ordinarymanner.

Should, however, the foot be raised by accident or otherwise so as topress the plate 32 upward, the pin 38 comes in contact with the detent,raising the hook from the fixed pin 47 permitting the sides 16 and 18 tobe forced apart by the spring in the recess surrounding the bolt 17thereby withdrawing the stem 23 from the slot 25, this action beingfacilitated by the roller 24 and permitting the spring 28 to pull thefoot-rest downward, thereby freeing the foot from the stirrup inan-obvious manner.

As the release plate 30 is'guided on the front of the sides 16 and 18 itis protected against inadvertent displacement as by'entanglement withbrush, etc., and will not act unless considerable pressure is brought tobear upon it.

Having thus described by invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is,

,1. A saddle stirrup comprised of a pair of hingedly engaged, downwardlyextending sides, means for holding said sides in operative position, afoot-rest hingedly engaged with one of said sides, a stem formed withsaid foot-rest enterable into an opening formed in the other of saidsides, a slidable plate arranged over said foot-rest, and means combinedtherewith for releasing said foot-rest, when said plate is moved upward.

2. In a saddle stirrup comprising a pair of hingedly engaged sides, afoot-rest hingedly engaged with one of said sides, an extension formedwith said foot-rest engageable with the other of said sides, means fornormally holding said sides in operative position, means for releasingsaid sides, means for opening said sides outwardly whereby saidfoot-rest is disengaged and means for turning said foot-rest downwardwhen released.

3. In a riding saddle stirrup, the combination with a pair of downwardlyextending sides, a hinge by which said sides are joined together attheir upper ends, a detent pivotally engaged with said sides having partenterable through the other of said sides by means of which it is heldin operative position, a sliding plate having end projections; rollerscarried in said projections contractible with said sides, an upright onsaid plate, means carried by said upright for disengaging said detent, afoot rest hingedly engaged with one 01 said sides, an extension formedtherewith, a roller in said extension, said roller being adapted toengage with an opening formed in theother of said sides, and a springadapted to press said sides apart thereby releasing said foot restco-ineidently with the disengagement of said detent.

4:. In a riding saddle stirrup, the combination with a support strap,and an eye with which said strap is engaged, of a pair of separablecurved side elements hingedly engaged at the upper end thereof, said eyebeing rigid with one of said side elements, a foot-rest hinged at thelower end of one of said side elements, a stem formed with saidfoot-rest adapted to enter a recess formed in the other of said sideelements, a roller carried in said stem, a spring adapted to move saidfoot-rest downward when released, means for holding said side elementsin operative position, an arcuate plate arranged partially over saidfoot-rest adapted to make contact with a foot, means for guiding saidarcuate plate vertically, means formed with said arcuate plate adaptedto release said holding means, and means for separating said sideelements when released.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

SAMUEL SKLAR.

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' Washington, D. 0.

